Broadridge Financial Solutions’ Blockchain Repo Platform Handles $8T in July Transactions

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) has reported a significant milestone for its blockchain-powered financing technology. In July 2026, the company’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform handled a total of $8.0 trillion in repurchase agreement activity. This equated to an average of $365 billion processed each trading day,… Read More

Real Time Payments Go Into Effect in Canada this Month

Canada will soon launch its Real-Time Rail (RTR), a national payments system that enables 24/7, instantaneous transfers and payments. Industry participants are currently testing the system, which carries data while incorporating anti-fraud controls. The legal framework kicks off on August 24th, with a system launch… Read More

How Drata’s Adam Markowitz is Tackling the AI Trust Gap

Drata co-founder and CEO Adam Markowitz sees Artificial Intelligence’s rapid adoption creating an unprecedented trust gap that his company is perfectly positioned to solve. Drata empowers security teams to automate compliance, manage risk, and win with trust. Markowitz said trust is a scarce resource that… Read More

OCC Rejects Dutch Digital Bank bunq’s Bid for US National Bank Charter

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has rejected an application from Amsterdam-based digital bank Bunq to establish a new national bank in the United States. In a decision letter dated August 4, 2026, and made public shortly thereafter, the regulator determined that… Read More

Digital Bank Revolut Gains Full French Banking License

Revolut has secured a regulatory milestone for its French subsidiary, Revolut Bank S.A., by obtaining authorization to operate as a bank. The approval followed a review conducted by France’s Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution and the European Central Bank. The Fintech already counts… Read More

Fintech Firm Block ($XYZ) Expands Bitcoin Treasury to Over 9,100 BTC

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the payments and financial technology firm co-founded by tech entrepreneur and bilionaire Jack Dorsey, has grown its long-term Bitcoin holdings to 9,117 BTC as of June 30, 2026. The update appears in the company’s quarterly report filed with the US Securities… Read More

2 Marqeta Deals Headline Last Week’s Fintech Product Releases & Partnerships

Two new Marqeta partnerships highlight this week’s list of fintech product release and partnership announcements. Marqeta, Google, expand child-focused Google Wallet capability Google can now bring tap-to-pay technology to the Wallet for kids experience, enabling supervised kids and teens to use their NFC-enabled Android phones… Read More

Fintech Teya Accepted by UK Financial Conduct Authority “Scale Up Unit”

Teya has been selected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its Scale-up Unit, according to a note from the company. Teya is a payments, accounts and expense management Fintech that reportedly serves over 75,000 smaller businesses across Europe, including 30,000 in the UK. The… Read More

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Forward Financing Nabs $525M, Unicorns Formed

While Forward Financing saw the biggest number, several others reached unicorn status thanks to fresh capital. Forward Financing nabs $525M in new financing The package includes a $350 million variable funding note (VFN) facility alongside a $175 million asset-backed securitization (ABS). It grows Forward Financing’s… Read More

Stablecoins, Crypto Investing, & the Coldcard Hack: Digital Assets Thoughts of the Week

The Digital Assets sector had plenty to say on stablecoins, the Coldcard hack, and crypto investing this week. Stablecoins “It’s a demand-side story for treasuries at exactly the moment the traditional buyers are stepping back. “The traditional U.S. marginal debt buyer was the foreign official sector,… Read More

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